Overview

Join our team at Loving Family Dental- A compassionate and patient-centered dental practice in Fountain Hills, AZ! We are dedicated to maintaining the highest quality standards and delivering continued excellence in patient care. Our focus on our patients' well-being creates a warm and nurturing environment, making us a truly unique dental facility.

We are currently seeking a well-rounded and empathetic Sterilization/Hygiene Assistant to become an essential part of our devoted team. If you want to be part of what makes us stand out, apply today!

Position Summary

The sterilization/hygiene assistant should reflect professionalism and be a quality role model. This person should also be patient-focused and team-oriented and will constantly strive to improve in all areas. While no prior dental experience is required, having at least 1 year of previous work experience would be beneficial.

Benefits of our office

• PTO
• Paid holidays
• 401k
• Medical, vision, and dental plans

Responsibilities

• Clinical responsibilities
• Comply with OSHA and use universal precautions at all times. Shares in the implementation of all safety, sterilization, and infection control requirements
• Monitors Central sterilization and sterilizes all dental equipment and instruments in a timely fashion
• Help maintain dental equipment per manufacturer's recommendations
• Properly dispose of all biohazardous material
• Help as needed to clean treatment rooms properly, transporting dirty instruments to the sterilization area for processing
• Provide customer service support to patients by escorting them to and from the treatment room as needed
• Prepare hygiene rooms including, but not limited to, set-up, decontamination, sterilization of all instruments, cleaning handpieces, and restocking supplies
• Assist the hygienist with new patient charting and routine periodontal charting
• Help dental assistants, doctors, and front desk staff, when necessary
• Restock treatment rooms as needed
• Learning responsibilities
• Education courses on infection control
• Start learning dental terminology and instruments
• Patient/customer communication protocol
• Central sterilization and treatment room sanitation protocol

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